BAHP ANNOUNCES 2018-19 SEASON

By Bay Area Harbour Playhouse The Bay Area Harbour Playhouse has selected its 2018-19 season — nine shows including two musicals, four comedies, and three dramas. Artistic Director Bennie Nipper made the announcement this week at the theatre, 3803 Highway 3 in Dickinson. “Young Frankenstein,” the ever-popular musical by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, will be the first show, opening July 13 – August 5. Veteran Amber Fabion will direct the large cast, assisted by Christopher Lowe. Stephanie Hendrickson will be the choreographer and Whitney Wyatt, vocal director. Fabian will also direct the other musical, “White Christmas,” by David Ives, Pau Blake, and Irving Berlin, November 30 – December 16. Comedies include ”Dixie Swim Club,” a repeat from last year that was interrupted by Hurricane Harvey. The show, written by popular Texas playwrights Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, will have only eight performances (November 9 – 18). It will be directed by Kaira Jackson. Nipper invites newcomers (even those with little experience) to come help produce “The Dining Room” (May 24 – June 16). The show is a mosaic of interrelated scenes – some funny, some touching, some rueful – creating an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. Six people will each produce a short act of the play by A. R. Gurney and Nipper opens this opportunity to young talent, new to directing. Nipper will also direct one of the three dramas, “A Piece of My Heart” by Shirley Lauro (September 7-23) . Mike Fabian will direct “The Hound of Baskervilles,” (October 12 – November 4) a Sherlock Holmes thriller by Conan Doyle and “Night Watch” by Lucille Fletcher (February 1-24). Other comedies include “Odd Couple,” by Neil Simon (April 26 – May 12) and “The Rainmaker,” (March 8-31) by N. Richard Nash. All performances will be on Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.